Holiday Book: Thanksgiving 101
2nd April, 2011 - Posted by shawn - No Comments
Happy Teen at Thanksgiving
I love holidays but I have to admit that Thanksgiving is one of my least favorite holidays as an adult. As a child I used to go to my maternal Grandmother’s house where there were always a ton of people and three shifts (or more) at the table since my Mom has a large family. THAT was a fun Thanksgiving.
Now I’m the cook – except I try to get my Mom to do the turkey because I hate turkey – the smell, the taste, all of it. Ick. (My Grandma always had duck in addition to the turkey which I did like.) And now that we have to deal with food allergies and diet restrictions for health reasons cooking the meal itself has become very difficult. Cross contamination is hard to deal with in a big messy kitchen too.
Celiacs can’t have bread so that means no stuffing in the bird (which my dad likes), no flour based gravy (which is the only kind my Mom likes to make) and no pies (Eek!) for hubby which is all kind of disappointing. Luckily he isn’t keen on turkey either so this past year we made a beef roast with cornstarch gravy for the two of us while everyone else had the bird. I enjoyed that a lot better.
At the church booksale I found a neat book called Thanksgiving 101
For those who have to put on this meal or who just want some more recipes or the history of the holiday, this is an easy and fun read. It does contain some gluten free recipes and others that can be easily adapted so there would be something for the celiac at your table in here too.